Seems like you are over-reacting. I don't see anything in there that says they will print ads at their leisure to your printer. Rather they are creating an ad-supported "newspaper" concept which to me seems reasonable and maybe even cool.
-- Nathan On Wed, Jun 16, 2010 at 10:56 PM, Scott Granneman <[email protected]> wrote: > From Slashdot: > > "As many suspected when HP announced its web-connected printer, it > didn't take long for the company to announce it will send 'targeted' > advertisements to your new printer. So you'll get spammed, and you'll > pay for the ink to print it. On the bright side, the FCC forbids > unsolicited fax ads, so this will probably get HP on a collision > course with the Feds." > > http://yro.slashdot.org/story/10/06/16/2257223/HP-and-Yahoo-To-Spam-Your-Printer > > Ugh. > > Scott > -- > R. Scott Granneman > [email protected] ~ www.granneman.com ~ granneman.tel > Full list of publications @ http://www.granneman.com/publications > My new book: Google Apps Deciphered @ http://www.granneman.com/books > > "Our Bill of Rights is but a local ordinance in Cyberspace." > ---John Perry Barlow, founder, Electronic Frontier Foundation > > -- > Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) > Main page: http://www.cwelug.org > To post: [email protected] > To subscribe: [email protected] > To unsubscribe: [email protected] > More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug > -- Central West End Linux Users Group (via Google Groups) Main page: http://www.cwelug.org To post: [email protected] To subscribe: [email protected] To unsubscribe: [email protected] More options: http://groups.google.com/group/cwelug
